Distressed Real Estate Summit: California

Today, over 500 attendees representing 354 firms are attending the DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CALIFORNIA. Ensure your company is included in this rapidly growing list – register today. Click here to see who is coming!

GreenPearl Events, organizer of executive-level conferences and networking events is pleased to introduce the DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CALIFORNIA, on February 4th at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles. The nation’s premier distressed real estate and debt conference, will offer a content-rich agenda combined with the ample networking time necessary for new business development in today’s climate.

The DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT will bring together the Southern California commercial and residential real estate communities for this important full-day program on the state of distress, identifying opportunities for investors, while providing solutions for highly-leveraged investors. If you work in Southern California commercial or residential real estate, have holdings in this region, considering investment exposure to this market, or would like to meet the key players, make plans to attend the DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CALIFORNIA on February 4th.

More than 720 real estate executives attended our New York Summit which took place on September 23rd for high-level panel discussions and networking opportunities. The DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CALIFORNIA will bring together a similar group of investors, owners, developers, traditional lenders, alternative lenders, loan workout specialists, special servicers, receivers, brokers and industry service providers, with emphasis on west coast opportunities.

DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CALIFORNIA agenda will cover the following important areas and industry trends:

• The State of Distress in California and Southwest Real Estate: How much debt is in distress, where, and involving what property types?
  
• Capital Deployment: Who will be the first to deploy capital in 2010? REITs, or other equity players?
• Alternative, Traditional & Emerging Debt Sources: Who is lending?
• Bridging the Bid-Ask-Gap: Will current owners/sellers’ attitudes change in 2010 amid continued market stagnation?
• Will the "distressed tidal wave” arrive, and what are the factors that could lead to an increase in activity (or no activity)?
  
• Are the days of “flipping” in both commercial and residential real estate truly over?
  
• Exploring new time horizons for the various distressed debt investments [Hospitality, retail, office, multifamily]
  
• Buying, Selling & Determining Value: Sharp and fast decline... but equally sharp return? What's the future hold for California commercial real estate values?
  
• Hotels, Hotels, and More Hotels: Years of excessive building lead to a severe distressed hospitality environment, but when is the time to buy?
• Is the high-end, or economy hotel, the better investment in today's climate?
  
• Disposition, Acquisition and Administration of For-Sale Housing Assets
• Economic Stimulation & Real Estate: "It’s the economy, stupid!" (Now, how do we get it moving?)
  
• Non-Performing Leases & Impact on Cash Flow: Exploring the response of landlords in today's climate
  
• Distressed Construction & Development: Opportunities, or only challenges?
  
• A Practical and Legal Perspective on Buying Distressed Real Estate & Debt in California
  
• Value Add & Property Conversions: Will 2010 herald the beginning of a new real estate chapter involving conversions of mostly under-performing assets?
  
• Loan Workouts: Years of excessive leverage turn the industry on its head…What’s next for investors and owners? [special workshop designed for high-leverage investors and owners]
  
• Buying Distressed--Delinquencies, Defaults, Foreclosures: Analysis and review of the stages of a distressed note [special workshop designed for buyers]
• Special Breakfast Workshop: Exploring the role of receivers, and how to seek employment in an insolvent industry
  
  

Hear from industry experts, including:

• Michael S. Adler, President - MAI, CPM, ADLER REALTY INVESTMENTS, INC.
• Erich Beringer, President, SOUTHBRIDGE CAPITAL
• Scott Bottles, Managing Director, WELLS FARGO BANK
  
• Steve Bram, Principal, Senior Director, GEORGE SMITH PARTNERS, INC.
• Marc Brooks, Executive Vice President, MARA ESCROW COMPANY
• Sam Chandan, President and Chief Economist, REAL ESTATE ECONOMETRICS LLC
• Scott Choppin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, URBAN PACIFIC GROUP OF COMPANIES
  
• Matthew J. Coleman, Senior Vice President, D. E. SHAW & CO., L.P. / Co-Head, D. E. SHAW REAL ESTATE ADVISERS, L.L.C.
• Fred B. Córdova, III, Senior Vice President / Investment Services Group, West Regional Manager, COLLIERS ASSET RESOLUTIONS TEAM
• Ken Cruse, Chief Financial Officer, SUNSTONE HOTEL INVESTORS
• Sean Dalfen, Managing Director, DALFEN AMERICA
• Gregory S. Davis, Vice President, Commercial & Small Business Lending, WELLS FARGO CALIFORNIA BUSINESS BANKING
• James Debree, Tax Partner, DELOITTE TAX
  
• Ginn Downing, Director, THE SITUS COMPANIES
• Tom Eggleston, Principal, BENHAM REO
  
• Eric Entringer, Senior Manager, Distressed Real Estate Group, ERNST & YOUNG
• Scott Eschelman, Principal, PREFERRED CAPITAL ADVISORS
  
• Glenn Ezard, Senior Consultant, SEGAL ADVISORS
• David M. Frank, Chief Executive Officer, THE MERRILL GROUP OF COMPANIES
• Jeff Friedman, Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, MESA WEST CAPITAL
• Glenn A. Fuller, Esq., JACKSON | DEMARCO | TIDUS | PECKENPAUGH
  
• Dennis Gemberling, President, PERRY GROUP INTERNATIONAL
• Rick George, Principal, HREC INVESTMENT ADVISORS
• Richard Gentilucci, MAR VENTURES
• Richard M. Gollis, Co-Founder and Principal, THE CONCORD GROUP
• Michael Gottlieb, Editor, CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
• Christopher Grey, Managing Partner, THIRD WAVE PARTNERS
• Jonathan Grossman, Senior Vice President, GEORGE SMITH PARTNERS
  
• Bert Haboucha, Senior Vice President, ISTAR FINANCIAL
• Mark Hansen, Senior Vice President, Value Added Conversions, AMB PROPERTY CORPORATION
• Terry Heller, Managing Member, Principal, HELLER HOLDINGS
• Richard Heyman, Founder and Managing Partner, FIVE CHAIRS DEVELOPMENT
  
• Joel W. Hiser, CEO, HORWATH HTL
• William J. Hoffman, President & CEO, TRIGILD
• Jane F. Hoffner, Managing Director, BASCOM PORTFOLIO ADVISORS
  
• Yan Khamish, Managing Director, THE STG GROUP
• Terry Kaufmann, President, ROCKHOUSE CAPITAL, LLC
• Richard Kent, Senior Vice President, REDC COMMERCIAL
  
• Robert Knakal, Chairman, MASSEY KNAKAL
• Mark Laderman, Managing Director — Los Angeles, TISHMAN SPEYER
  
• Jeffrey Lenobel, Partner, SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP
• Spencer Levy, Sr. Managing Director, CBRE RESTRUCTURING SERVICES
• Charles A. Long, Principal, CHARLES A. LONG PROPERTIES LLC
  
• Leslie Lundin, President and Managing Partner, LBG REALTY ADVISORS, LLC
• Matthew May, President, MAY REALTY ADVISORS
• Troy Miller, OCEAN WEST CAPITAL PARTNERS
• Maura O'Connor, Partner, SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
• Mark Oei, Managing Director, OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
• Steven Orchard, Senior Vice President, GEORGE SMITH PARTNERS, INC.
  
• Selina I. Parelskin, President, BEACON DEFAULT MANAGEMENT, INC
• W. Eric Paulsen, Vice President – Acquisitions/Dispositions, LNR PROPERTY CORPORATION
• Richard Pink, Managing Director, ING CLARION
  
• Richard J. Plummer, Executive Vice President / Institutional Capital Markets, GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
• Alan Reay, President, ATLAS HOSPITALITY GROUP
• Gregory T. Rickard, Managing Director, EQUASSURE
• David Rosenthal, MAI, MRICS, President & CEO, CURTIS-ROSENTHAL, INC.
  
• Sam Rosenwald, Partner, BLACK EQUITIES GROUP, LTD.
• Dave Schumacher, President & Chief Underwriter, TAX TITLE SERVICES
  
• Phil Seymour, Executive Vice President / Managing Director, THE SEYMOUR GROUP / ELITE PROPERTIES REALTY
  
• Kevin Shannon, Vice Chairman, CB RICHARD ELLIS
• Brian Shniderson, Managing Director, B&A CAPITAL PARTNERS
  
• G. Ryan Smith, Principal, PEREGRINE REALTY PARTNERS
• R. Rand Sperry, Co-Founder, SPERRY VAN NESS INTERNATIONAL
  
• David P. Stapleton, Founder, STAPLETON GROUP
• Robert B. Stiles, Executive Vice President & Principal, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD SONNENBLICK-GOLDMAN, LLC
• Mark Strauss, Director Capital Markets, COHEN FINANCIAL
• Matthew C. Sullivan, Founding Principal, LEE & ASSOCIATES
• Kenneth Swenson, Assistant General Counsel, BANK OF AMERICA
  
• Christopher Thornberg, Principal, BEACON ECONOMICS
• John D Troughton, Senior Director - Brokerage, CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD, INC.
• John F. Tsui, Adjunct Assistant Professor, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY / Managing Principal, IDA, LLC
  
• Steve Van, President & CEO, PRISM HOTELS AND RESORTS
• David Wald, President | Receiver, WALD REALTY ADVISORS, INC.
• Gregor Watson, Managing Partner, MCKINLEY PARTNERS
• Mark Weinstein, President, MJW INVESTMENTS
• John Wickser, President, WATT REALTY ADVISORS
  
• Burton Young, President, SPERRY VAN NESS EQUITIES
• Kev Zoryan, Executive Director, MORGAN STANLEY | MERCHANT BANKING

If you work in commercial and residential real estate, make plans to attend DISTRESSED REAL ESTATE SUMMIT: CALIFORNIA, the premier conference and networking event for today's climate.

LOOK WHO HAS ALREADY SIGNED UP: TODAY (Feb 4th) Over 500 attendees representing 354 firms are attending DRES-CA: